almost done

welcome back

so week 4 done, only a few days to go. This has been a long month.

Well, only two sessions to go. Lets hope I can hold it together !

Starting with $310, a big fat zero vpp's and a very, very heavy bronze star.

Currently $380, a not big fat 370 vpp's and a very, very heavy bronze star.

pleasant dreams

the last king of scotland - pt 2

welcome back, gentle reader

tha last king reigns, sweet.

i did not think there would be a part 2 ...

the fairy tale lives on ....

January Sales

welcome back, gentle reader.

fulltilt $6
pokerstars $320

and another month gone. thankfully for me, it was a winning one overall. i find it rather ironic that while playing the same game, same sort of levels, at two different sites, that i can win on one and just break even on another.

so whats the difference ? damned if i know, so if you know, please let me in on the secret.

i was going to list the remainder of January results ... but being a lazy sod i have not recorded all the games i played. the only ones i have a note of are the ones i have received a congrats email. whats the point in listing them in isolation ... if i do that, it looks like i never lose !!
and my bankroll certainly says otherwise.
time to start some decent record keeping, then i'll have a true reflection of my play. and of course when i get fed up grinding the $1 level at fullTilt and start playing way outside my bankroll.

friday night there, i joined a few friends ( mair, matty & mark ) at rTr, for our habitual weekly dose of HORSE. good times with more than a few laughs :) this donkathon usually costs me money ! but i actually played half decent and made twenty odd bucks, woot !

hope u enjoyed yourself pokerlass :) ... we certainly enjoyed your company.

saturday night brought a new experience, for me anyway. "Saturdays with dr pauly" which was a $10 PLO torney with mostly american bloggers.
i was late to the party and joined in with 20 mins on the clock ... and AlCantHang & Surflexus sat opposite me ! There were only 3 or 4 brits in this thing, cmon guys, its all good fun ... and a fair few donkey moves being pulled !
so dont be shy, come join the party next week, details on the left.

guess who did the walk of shame ? none other than the mighty fuel55 ... he he he.

ffs, just noticed from the hh that fuel55 was sat at my table ... fk fk fk ... well, when else am i gonna get to play with big buck players ... damnit

only two hands of note for me.

here i make a stupid call, considering i thought AlCantHang had bullets as well. i did lay it down on the flop when Al pushed, as expected, on this scary board.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [Ac 4h 6c Ad]
millerd33: calls 30
on_thg: calls 30
TrellisJr: folds
BigHeeb91: calls 30
ResdentEvil: calls 30
smizmiatch: folds
bob labah: calls 30
AlCantHang: raises 210 to 240
surflexus: folds
millerd33: calls 210
on_thg: folds
BigHeeb91: folds
ResdentEvil: calls 210
bob labah: folds
*** FLOP ***
[Jc 6s Js]
millerd33 said, "before u shove the flop al"
millerd33 said, "is there a bounty?"
AlCantHang: bets 500 and is all-in
millerd33: folds
ResdentEvil: folds
millerd33 said, "hahaah"
AlCantHang collected 840 from pot
AlCantHang: shows [As Ah 3d 3s] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)

so i dribble em away and getting a little short, i get it in pre-flop, with the best of it, only one caller, and in true 'stars fashion i get well and truly spanked millerd ... ho hum

Seat 1: ResdentEvil (830 in chips)
Seat 3: bayne_s (4350 in chips)
Seat 4: AlCantHang (1110 in chips)
Seat 5: surflexus (1485 in chips)
Seat 6: millerd33 (1505 in chips)
Seat 7: on_thg (1510 in chips)
Seat 8: TrellisJr (3490 in chips)
Seat 9: BigHeeb91 (3390 in chips)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [3s 2d Ad As]

BigHeeb91: folds
ResdentEvil: calls 50
bayne_s: folds
AlCantHang: folds
surflexus: calls 50
millerd33: raises 225 to 275
on_thg: folds
TrellisJr: folds
ResdentEvil: raises 555 to 830 and is all-in
surflexus: folds
millerd33: calls 555

*** FLOP ***
[Kd Qh Qd]

*** TURN ***
[Kd Qh Qd] [7s]

*** RIVER ***
[Kd Qh Qd 7s] [Ts]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

ResdentEvil: shows [3s 2d Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
millerd33: shows [Kc 4d 9d Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Queens)
millerd33 collected 1785 from pot

well, there is always next week.

the last king of scotland - pt 3

welcome back, gentle reader

i believe i am the first 3 time (count 'em) winner ???

also, i said there was nothing better than winning a forum game ? there is, winning
Saturdays with Dr. Pauly
is fucking awesome :)

PokerStars Tournament #106196255, Pot Limit Omaha
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
31 players
Total Prize Pool: $310.00
Tournament started - 2008/09/06 - 16:20:00 (ET)

Dear ResdentEvil,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $124.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

sorry for the lack of updates, real life is taking its toll at the moment :)

you take the hi road ...

welcome back, gentle reader.

well, my return to the pl08 cash zoo was not pretty. then again, omaha being the beast that it is, you really need good starting hand selection ... and when you are dealt this type of thing, maybe its time to go do something else. read on, or should that be fucking-stroll-on ...

Dealt to doom_bfg [ Td 4h 3s 3h ]
Dealt to doom_bfg [ Th 3d 2s 4s ] ....... ** Dealing Flop ** [ Ah, Qs, 2d ][ 9c ][ Kd ] ... ffs
Dealt to doom_bfg [ Kh 6h 3s Ad ] ...... ** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 9s, Ks ][ 8s ][ Ts ]
Dealt to doom_bfg [ 8c 4s 8d 3d ] ....... ** Dealing Flop ** [ Ac, 2h, 3h ] ....... jesus wept :(
Dealt to doom_bfg [ Kh 8d 2d 6h ]
Dealt to doom_bfg [ As 4s 8c 5d ] ....... ** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, Th, Ad ]
Dealt to doom_bfg [ 6s 9s 5s 8s ]
Dealt to doom_bfg [ 7d Jc 4d 2c ]

and on and on and on ...

needless to say i won fuck all. i think sub-conscious tilt set in. see, there is one guy at the table who is playing every-single-fucking-hand ... and winning with trash ...

theBa$tard sat down with $25 and when i left he had $70 ......

here is a selection of his hands that went to showdown ......

[ Kc, Qh, 7c, 5d ]two pairs, Kings and Queens.
[ 7s, 8d, 4h, 7d ]a full house, Sevens full of Kings.
[ 6c, 2d, 3d, 7s ]a full house, Sevens full of Twos.
[ 3h, Qc, 9s, Qh ]a flush, Queen high.
[ 7c, 3s, 2h, Jc ]
[ 9c, 2s, 6s, Jd ]
[ 6d, 7d, Jh, Td ]a flush, Queen high.
[ 4d, 8d, Kd, 3c ]a straight Ace to Five.

doom_bfg shows [ Ks, Kc, 9c, 3h ]a straight Nine to King.
theBa$tard shows [ 3s, Ac, 7d, 3d ]a flush, Queen high.

I'm sure there is a lesson in there somewhere.